History Wrestling / MasahitoKakihara

* ADayInTheLimelight: Modern fans might be surprised at learning Kakihara is a BOSJ tournament winner due to how little impact he would go to have in professional wrestling afterwards, in no small part due to his injury-prone nature and early retirement. Right after his win, he failed to get the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Tiger Mask IV and was DemotedToExtra shortly after.

* BashBrothers: With quite a high number of people. In UWF-i, with Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba; in AJPW, Wrestling/YoshihiroTakayama and Wrestling/GaryAlbright (as Triangle of Power) and later Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (as Team Strongs); and in NJPW, Minoru Tanaka and and Wrestling/MasayukiNaruse.

* ADayInTheLimelight: His gret victory at the Super Juniors Tournament ended being this, as he never won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship from Tiger Mask IV as thought and was DemotedToExtra shortly after, just as he had been until that point.
* TheApprentice: Worked as ''tsukibito'' or assistant for Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and later for Kazuo Yamazaki.

* BullyingADragon: Notorious backstage troublemaker Takao Omori had a problem with Kakihara during the AJPW-NOAH transition, and apparently liked to hit him stiff during their matches. Kakihara eventually got fed, and when they had a trios match in the NOAH inaugural show, he came out ready for a fight (even wearing MMA gloves just in case) and blasted Omori with a body kick so vicious that it left him out of the match for minutes. Kakihara left and became a freelancer after that single match, while Omori's temper would also make him fell out of favor in the company the same year.

* FriendlyEnemies: With Masayuki Naruse after teaming with him.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: According to Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki, the two had a close friendship back in UWF Newborn. Even after the promotion folded and the two went to different companies, Kaki and him still used to spar together in a park near Masahito's house.
* ICouldaBeenAContender: Was considered UWF-i's best young fighter along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura, but he never took part in MMA, except a promotional fight as part of Wrestling/AntonioInoki's entourage which might have been worked. According to his training partner Enson Inoue, he would have been great with a proper training, and given that Inoki assigned Kaki to teach MMA in Los Angeles, he wasn't joking.

* TheJinx: Has joked about a possible BadLuckCharm on him, as he gets injured easily and many of the promtions he competed in ended up folding.

** Tends to form trio units from time to time. He was in one with Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada and Yuhi Sano, later with Wrestling/YoshihiroTakayama and Wrestling/GaryAlbright (as the Triangle of Power), then Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and Yoshinari Ogawa, and finally with Masayuki Naruse and Minoru Tanaka.
** In real life, he was friends with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura and Takaku Fuke.

* BadassFamily: His son debuted in wrestling ''at 5 years old'' (in a comedy match against Kikutaro, that is) and her daughter is not other than Ayano Kakihara from the idol band Backstage Soto Kanda Icchome.

* BullyingADragon: Notorious backstage troublemaker Takao Omori had a problem with Kakihara during the AJPW-NOAH transition, and apparently liked to hit him stiff during their matches. Kakihara eventually got fed, and when they had a trios match in the NOAH inaugural show, he came out ready for a fight (even wearing MMA gloves) and blasted Omori with a flurry of jabs and a body kick so vicious that it left Omori out of the match for minutes. Kakihara left and became a freelancer after that single match, likely knowing that Omori had still more clout than him in NOAH, although the latter's temper would finally get him expelled some years later.
* FinishingMove: Kaki Cutter/Miyama Cutter (a STO or osoto otoshi), Inazuma Leg Lariat (a jumping leg lariat kick) and cross armbar.

* FriendToBugs: A big insect lover and collector, especially stag beetles. He wanted to explore the jungles of Brazil and North Korea during NJPW tours there just to gain some piece more for his collection.

* HeroKiller: Submitted Kensuke Sasaki with a cross legbar during the UWF-i-NJPW matches. Actually, Kakihara was pardoned from Riki Choshu's vicious booking because he was a rising rookie and it could have damaged his career too much (and because he was going to be booked to lose to Choshu himself).

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Was considered UWF-i's best young fighter along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura, but he never took part in MMA, except a promotional fight as part of Wrestling/AntonioInoki's entourage which might have been worked. According to his training partner Enson Inoue, he would have been great with a proper training, and given that Inoki assigned Kaki to teach MMA in Los Angeles, it must not be for joking.
* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]: Some sources cite him as a 1st dan black belt since highschool. He also trained in UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling with Wrestling/BillyRobinson and Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara.

* MagneticHero: Although he has a renowned solo career, Kaki enjoys the interesting ability of making big amounts of close allies and friends around him. It became evident in real life when he announced his malignant lymphoma in 2014 and a ''buttload'' of wrestlers struggled to take part in an aid event created for him.

* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Mitsuya Nagai's red.

** Tends to form trio units from time to time. He was in one with Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada and Yuhi Sano, later with Wrestling/YoshihiroTakayama and Gary Albright, then Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and Yoshinari Ogawa, and finally with Masayuki Naruse and Minoru Tanaka.

* BullyingADragon: Notorious backstage troublemaker Takao Omori had a problem with Kakihara when they joined Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH. Kakihara eventually got fed, and when they had a trios match in the inaugural show, he came out ready for a fight (even wearing MMA gloves just in case) and blasted Omori with a flurry of jabs and a body kick so vicious that it left Omori out of the match for minutes. Kakihara left and became a freelancer after that single match, likely knowing that Omori had still more clout than him in NOAH, although the latter's temper would finally get him expelled some years later.

* BullyingADragon: Notorious backstage troublemaker Takao Omori had a problem with Kakihara when they joined Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH. Kakihara eventually got fed, and when they came out to have a trios match in the inaugural show, he came out wearing MMA gloves and ready for a bout scuffle, which happened for real and ended with Omori receiving a stiff beatdown. Knowing that Omori had still more clout than him, Kakihara returned to AJPW after that single match, although Omori's temper would finally get him expelled from NOAH some years later.

* TheJinx: Has joked about a possible BadLuckCharm on him, as he gets injured easily and almost every promotion he has competed in ended folding.

* BullyingADragon: Reportedly, Takao Omori had a problem with him when they joined Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH. Kakihara eventually got fed, and when they came out to have a trios match in the inaugural show, he came out wearing MMA gloves and gave Omori a stiff beatdown during the bout. Knowing that Omori had still more clout than him, however, Kakihara left NOAH after that single match and returned to AJPW.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]: Some sources cite him as a 1st dan black belt since highschool. He also trained in UsefulNotes/CatchWrestling with Wrestling/BillyRobinson and shoot-style with Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara.

* BashBrothers: With quite a high number of people. Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba (in UWF-i), Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (in AJPW) and Wrestling/MasayukiNaruse (in NJPW) were the main ones.

* BashBrothers: With quite a high number of people. Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba (in UWF-i), Wrestling/MitsuyaNagai (in AJPW) and Masayuki Naruse (in NJPW) were the main ones.

Masahito Kakihara (born April 29, 1972) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts trainer. He debuted in [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation UWF Newborn]] as part of the shoot-style movement, and later became a bright rookie for the next incarnation, UWF International, under the teachings of Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. He had feuds and big matches against foreign members of the company, and was one of the few who got with his aura more or less unscathed out from the interpromotional matches with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but was left free when UWF-i folded. He had then a short tenure in the similarly short-lived promotion Kingdom, but unlike his partners who turned towards PRIDE Fighting Championships, he stayed in pro wrestling and joined Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling. After some alliances with Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and fellow shooter Mitsuya Nagai, Kakihara left for NJPW and became part of his junior heavyweight division, winning the Best of Super Juniors 2003. He competed for the company until he retired in 2006 due to a neck injury. However, he would make a return to wrestling from 2011 onwards for Wrestling/SatoruSayama's Real Japan Pro Wrestling as "Miyama☆Kamen", a gimmick he had used before.

* BashBrothers: With quite a high number of people. Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba (in UWF-i), Mitsuya Nagai (in AJPW) and Masayuki Naruse (in NJPW) were the main ones.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After his former partner Mitsuya Nagai critized him for being injury prone, Kakihara in turn asked him whether he was with New Japan or with Black New Japan. It became the ArcWords, as Nagai ended betraying common friend Masayuki Naruse to join BNJ.
* TheArtifact: Even after the demise of UWF, Kakihara still used leg pads with the three letters of the company's name for a long time.

* ThreeAmigos: Tends to form trio units from time to time. He was in one with Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada and Yuhi Sano, later with Yoshihiro Takayama and Gary Albright, then Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and Yoshinari Ogawa, and finally with Masayuki Naruse and Minoru Tanaka.

'''Masahito Kakihara''' (born April 29, 1972) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese former {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts trainer. He debuted in [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation UWF Newborn]] as part of the shoot-style movement, and later became a bright rookie for the next incarnation, UWF International, under the teachings of Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. He had feuds and big matches against foreign members of the company, and was one of the few who got with his aura more or less unscathed out from the interpromotional matches with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but was left free when UWF-i folded. He had then a short tenure in the similarly short-lived promotion Kingdom, but unlike his partners who turned towards PRIDE Fighting Championships, he stayed in pro wrestling and joined Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling. After some alliances with Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and fellow shooter Mitsuya Nagai, Kakihara left for NJPW and became part of his junior heavyweight division, winning the Best of Super Juniors 2003. He competed for the company until he retired in 2006 due to a neck injury. However, he would make a return to wrestling from 2011 onwards for Wrestling/SatoruSayama's Real Japan Pro Wrestling as "Miyama☆Kamen", a gimmick he had used before.

'''Masahito Kakihara''' (b. 1967) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts trainer. He debuted in [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation UWF Newborn]] as part of the shoot-style movement, and later became a bright rookie for the next incarnation, UWF International, under the teachings of Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. He had feuds and big matches against foreign members of the company, and was one of the few who got with his aura more or less unscathed out from the interpromotional matches with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but was left free when UWF-i folded. He had then a short tenure in the similarly short-lived promotion Kingdom, but unlike his partners who turned towards PRIDE Fighting Championships, he stayed in pro wrestling and joined Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling. After some alliances with Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and fellow shooter Mitsuya Nagai, Kakihara left for NJPW and became part of his junior heavyweight division, winning the Best of Super Juniors 2003. He competed for the company until he retired in 2006 due to a neck injury. However, he would make a return to wrestling from 2011 onwards for Wrestling/SatoruSayama's Real Japan Pro Wrestling as "Miyama☆Kamen", a gimmick he had used before.

!!! "Kaki Tropes":

* HeroKiller: Pinned Kensuke Sasaki during the UWF-i-NJPW matches. Actually, Kakihara was pardoned from Riki Choshu's vicious booking because he was a rising rookie and it could have damaged his career too much (and because he was going to be booked to lose to Choshu himself).

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]: A fan of the art in school days, he is a 1st dan black belt. He also trained in catch wrestling with Billy Robinson and shoot-style with Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara.

* BigBrotherMentor: To Yoshihiro Takayama.

'''Masahito Kakihara''' (b. 1967) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts trainer. He debuted in [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation UWF Newborn]] as part of the shoot-style movement, and later became a bright rookie for the next incarnation, UWF International, under the teachings of Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. He had feuds and big matches against foreign members of the company, and was one of the few who got with his aura more or less unscathed from the interpromotional matches with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but was left free when UWF-i folded. He then had a short tenure in the similarly short-lived promotion Kingdom, but unlike his partners who turned towards PRIDE Fighting Championships, he stayed in pro wrestling and joined Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling. After alliances with Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and fellow shooter Mitsuya Nagai, Kakihara left for NJPW and became part of his junior heavyweight division, winning the Best of Super Juniors 2003. He competed for the company until he retired in 2006 due to a neck injury. However, he would make a return to wrestling from 2011 onwards for Wrestling/SatoruSayama's Real Japan Pro Wrestling as "Miyama☆Kamen", a gimmick he had used before.

* BadassFamily: Masahito has certainly one. His son debuted in wrestling ''at 5 years old'' (in a comedy match against Kikutaro, that is) and her daughter is not other than Ayano Kakihara from the idol band Backstage Soto Kanda Icchome.

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Was considered UWF-i's best young fighter along with Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura, but he never took part in MMA, except a promotional fight as part of Wrestling/AntonioInoki's entourage. According to his training partner Enson Inoue, he would have been great, and given that Inoki assigned Kaki to teach MMA in Los Angeles, it must not be for joking.

* MagneticHero: Although he has a renowned solo career, Kaki had the interesting ability to make big amounts of close allies and friends around him. It became evident in real life when he announced his malignant lymphoma in 2014 and a ''buttload'' of wrestlers struggled to take part in an aid event was created for him.

* BashBrothers: With quite a high number of people. Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba (in UWF-i), Mitsuya Nagai (in AJPW)and Masayuki Naruse (in NJPW) were the main ones.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]: A fan of the art in school, he is a 1s dan black belt. He also trained in catch wrestling with Billy Robinson and shoot-style with Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara.

* MagneticHero: Although he has a renowned solo career, Kaki had the interesting ability to make big amounts of close allies and friends around him. It became evident in real life when he announced his malignant lymphoma in 2014 and a ''buttload'' of wrestlers struggled to take part in an aid event was created for him in months.

** In real life, he was friends with Kiyoshi Tamura and Takaku Fuke.

* TheJinx: Has joked about a possible BadLuckCharm on him, as he gets injuried easily and almost every promotion he has competed in ended folding.

* UrExample: He used the STO before Naoya Ogawa debuted it as a finisher.

* FinishingMove: Kaki Cutter/Miyama Cutter (an osoto otoshi), Inazuma Leg Lariat (a jumping leg lariat kick), and Cross Armbreaker.

* HeroKiller: Pinned Kensuke Sasaki during the UWF-i-NJPW matches. Actually, Kakihara was pardoned from Riki Choshu's vicious booking because he was a rising rookie and it could have damaged his career too much.

* TheApprentice: Worked as ''tsukibito'' or assistant for Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and later Kazuo Yamazaki.
* TheArtifact: Even after the demise of UWF, Kakihara still used leg pads with the three letters of the company's name for a long, long time.
* BadassFamily: Masahito has quite of one. His son debuted in wrestling ''at 5 years old'' (in a comedy match against Kikutaro, that is) and her daughter is not other than Ayano Kakihara from the idol band Backstage Soto Kanda Icchome.

* BashBrothers: With Wrestling/KazushiSakuraba and Mitsuya Nagai, among many others.
* BigBrotherMentor: Towards Yoshihiro Takayama.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: According to Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki, the two had rather of a anime-like [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Romantic Two Shooter Friendship]] back un UWF Newborn. Even after the promotion folded and the two went to different companies, Kaki and him still used to spar together in a park near Masahito's house.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know Judo]]: A fan of the art during school, he is a 1s dan black belt. He also trained in catch wrestling with Billy Robinson and shoot-style in the UWF dojo.

* MagneticHero: Although he has a renowned solo career, Kaki has the interesting ability to make big amounts of close allies and friends around him. It became real life when he announced his malignant lymphona in 2014 and an entire aid event was created for him in months.

* ThreeAmigos: Tends to form trio units from time to time. He was in one with Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada and Yuhi Sano, later with Yoshihiro Takayama and Gary Albright, and finally with Masayuki Naruse and Minoru Tanaka.

* UrExample: He used the STO before Naoya Ogawa debuted it as a finisher.

* BadassTrainer: Was appointed trainer of the Los Angeles Inoki Dojo.

* LongBusTrip: Actually lampshaded by Kaki, but subverted at the end. He told Misawa upon jumping from NOAH to NJPW that he was not leaving the promotion, but just going on a journey, like hoping to return someday. However, he never returned to NOAH, and did not even take part in the interpromotional matches between the two companies some time after.

* BadassFamily: Masahito's son debuted in wrestling ''at 5 years old'' (in a comedy match against Kikutaro, that is) and her daughter is not other than Ayano Kakihara from the idol band Backstage Soto Kanda Icchome.

* FinishingMove: Kaki Cutter/Miyama Cutter (an osoto otoshi), Inazuma Leg Lariat, and Cross Armbreaker.

* ICouldaBeenAContender: Was considered UWF-i's most promising rookie along Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura, but he left this road when he chose to join Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling instead following the MMA boom which was changing the shoot-style altogether. He would have a MMA match as part of AntonioInoki's entourage, but it is considered as probably worked.

* TheJinx: Has joked about a possibly jinx on him, given that, until he landed in AJPW, every promotion he competed in ended folding.
* MagneticHero: Although he has a renowned solo career, Kaki has the interesting tendency to gather big amounts of close allies and friends around him. He is the kind of character who would be aided
* MaskedLuchador: As Miyama Kamen.
* RedBaron: "Kakki", "Neppuji" ("The Child of the Hot Wind").

'''Masahito Kakihara''' (b. 1967) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts trainer. He debuted in [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation UWF Newborn]] as part of the shoot-style movement, and later became a bright rookie for the next incarnation, UWF International, under the teachings of Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. He had feuds and big matches against foreign members of the company, and was one of the few who got with his aura more or less unscathed from the interpromotional matches with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but was left free when UWF-i folded. He then had a short tenure in the similarly short-lived promotion Kingdom, but unlike his partners who turned towards PRIDE Fighting Championships, he stayed in pro wrestling and joined Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling. After alliances with Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and fellow shooter Mitsuya Nagai, Kakihara left for NJPW and became part of his junior heavyweight division, winning the Best of Super Juniors 2003. He competed for the company until he retired in 2006 due to a neck injury. However, he would make a return to wrestling for Wrestling/SatoruSayama's Real Japan Pro Wrestling as "Miyama☆Kamen", a gimmick he had used before.

* {{Kaitlyn}}

* FinishingMove: Kaki Cutter (an osoto otoshi or STO), Inazuma Leg Lariat, and Cross Armbreaker.

* IKnowJudo: A fan of the art during school, he is a 1s dan black belt. He also trained in catch wrestling with Billy Robinson and shoot-style in the UWF dojo.

'''Masahito Kakihara''' (b. 1967) is a UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}ese {{Professional Wrestl|ing}}er and UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts trainer. He debuted in [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation UWF Newborn]] as part of the shoot-style movement, and later became a bright rookie for the next incarnation, UWF International, under the teachings of Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada. He had feuds and big matches against foreign members of the company, and was one of the few who got with his aura more or less unscathed from the interpromotional matches with Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling, but was left free when UWF-i folded. He then had a short tenure in the similarly short-lived promotion Kingdom, but unlike his partners who turned towards PRIDE Fighting Championships, he stayed in pro wrestling and joined Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling. After alliances with Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa and fellow shooter Mitsuya Nagai, Kakihara left for NJPW and became part of his junior heavyweight division, winning the Best of Super Juniors 2003. He competed for the company until he retired in 2006 due to a neck injury. However, he would make a return to wrestling for Wrestling/SatoruSayama's Real Japan Pro Wrestling as "Miyama☆Kamen".